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PECEECLTION forming per?. of Lettere Patent No. 357A52, da'cecl February B, 188?,

Application filed Sep'iem'nor 9, 1885. Serini No. 176,.- 51- (No model.)

Be itknownhet Anm-anw Bue neef@ siti zenof the 'nefl Braies, residing :it wego, in the eennty or' Tioga auf?. State of Een' York, have invented certain newend useful improvements in Magazine Fire-Arms, of which the following is a speeicabion, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

Y My invention relates 5o breeelrlonding and magazine Afire-arms, and has for its object ease and rapidity of operation; and it eonsists,prinoipelly, in e new method of operating the breech nie-elinnism afn arrangement of magnzine,t.0gebher with other combinations of ports, hereinafter forfn.

Figure i is a, ongininel Side Section of t freine and breech ineeixonisin of Lilie er in 2, e Section. of 'line To' 'J showing errang# ofthe rear end of ron 05; Fig. 3, e. sirio plan View 'witfn the :nager/,ine anf adorer in reer of meenrnebo;

Fig. 5, o sie View of magazine-Mendes@ e, a oross-eeetion of sieno-ero. Fig 7 is e. cross-section. on li ,d

A is che freine, if, one be; w

brace; R, operning Simp er ron,

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lim-y operating-ron; 75"", the but we; c, e

dog or pawl in elle bolt. fil ie o zig-eaten in the hammer, sind S e lever renife the sliding ire-mile.. F, the niagazine-stnnenn.

arm, F'. v A Spring-pin, i?, te. in an np or down posiion. L "one Lingl-ever, end L e projection on one ooit no operate it.

This erm is operatedA oy en known sliding handles whieli L. ing 'strop or rod, as R, to connect the handle to the breeohpieoe end thereby operate ib; but Sonie parte of this invention :ne applicable to agen operated by rever or tiren a sliding handle.

A dog. as. c, is hung in the oolnenr an am@ iliary operating or storting rod, R', is arranged in'thebntt of the gun in connection with o bele scopi@ butt-plete or Weight and n ,Spring zo bear beek'a "d, so that ille forward prese nre of the shoulder against line onto of the gun, or its oaclmvnrd recoil, sin nl wf, for-ees the rod R forward, compu sing noten.

end i-e lxool; h et forward eno. is hrns foe ward of dog c euri over the notch e', which ie infr {ined part of lne freine, and with which it engages by being pressed therein, as 'by the spring of dog e, to ilolol'rhe rod R forward with itsspring r compressed; ont when in nnloeking the breech 'the brace swings upward against; the rod R and reisen ite hook out of notch c, said rofl being forced backward by its spring r, its hook h engages the dog c, and thereby transfers its backward pressure from a fixed part of the gun to the bolt, so time it 'will pull back the bolo to open. the breech :and oook the hammer, when it will release itself from the bolt; by falling ons of engagement with the dog c by passing below tbeline o kznweinen's oit' seid ric-g. 1

The rod R may engage e5 my convenient peine with any of the movable Vperni of the operiiting mechanism to assist in moving the seme. Y

To prevent the 'hennneeironr felling :reciA dentally from full-oook by' jarring or otherwise when the breech ie not folly loeke, I hang n spring-piece, S, a projection, s, in the hammer to spring outward from the fnlloooli When the hummer is at fnilneonk or slightly beyond, the neer engages elle projection s of olie enf-:ein f the senr is 'einen reired outward, the enten follows it onli and still it, no that it cannot release the eemnrernniil, in looking thebol, elle brnee E" falls nnen the forward erin of une lever S to born iis rear erin up, aseliown in Fig. '1, and the forWmd-projeeing'erm of theeateli (which obtains the position im'lieobed, in broken linee at g; Whentne nommer is eooked) is miseri, thereby, to nrn iis point s inward ont of en.- gegement with the senr. The senr will 'when engage the fixed inlined; noten of the lian;- nier and operate in che nenni manner; but if the sont is held so for oir/@Word from the nemrner :is io remain ont, of enga-gement with ire fnllooell noten said senr will engage the spring'onteman will be released therefrom' by the locking-binne, which retires the catch in looking the breech.

The trigger f has hung 'clierewibh n springeateli, as t, to engage o. Deering in the freine' to look, the sliding 'mnfle positionvhen the breech is closed.

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The catch-i has come movement independ ent ot' the trigger to allow it to iock, but has a shoulder, aat', which lthe-'trigger engages (after having gun) to act as a lever thereon and tnrn'the catch ont of engagement with its bearing in the frame and-thereby unlock' the sliding handie. By making the eateh'hool; in and back a little, ae chown, it cannotjbe easily releasedliy pulling thetrigger, but only when in the actoi` .tiring therecoilof thegun against the inertia of 'the sliding handle gives. it a forwatd impulse (relatively to the gun) to release the catch -hook While the trigger is still being pulled. f.. .A

The magazine-.here shownand'elaimed ie Jun "")255-1885, "r'groo'td stand no. 168,819, a

ard F, pivoteii to the side of tl'ie gan and having' the arm orv tron-gh F and the. vcasiog'litl, iirhieh is detachable, and also servesto carry the cartridges in and load theirilanges into i the groovcnz i of the standard F.

The case ini 'is open at its bottom and rear, and has inbcnt flanges at its rear to enter the grooves -iv i of the standard, by which it is heid in position ou the gun, and the aides of said case may be Springe. 'to bear inward to hold the cartridgen, but will be forced ont to release them byinsertingvthe standard; lora 'paper slip may hev attached to the case in a Weilknown manner to hold the cartridges therein for transportation.

The grooves 'i i in the standard for holding the 'cartridge-flanges may be omitted, an the case M will guide the cartridges downward.

The standard I" and its cane M may oe lengtheued vertically to take as many cartridges as desired, and. can be turned down when not in use, as shown in dotted lines in- Fig. 3, and the spring-pin p enters depressions, an 1i', in the frame to hold the standard in vertical or horizontal position.

'The t'eeddewu L in' arranged in relation to theiced-opening ntheside of theframeandits operating-stud L', (on the l.olt,) similar to the lever oi`rny Patent No. 303,262. In the present consti-notion, however, the lever L is hung in the magazine instead of the frame, and the proieetion'I/of the bolt operates said .lever when the magazine in turned op, but

engage itwhen themagazine if; turned been pulled; so far as to fire the 2. in a. breech-loading fire-arm, the combilnation of the rod R', reciprocating in the stock, a spring to force' said rod in one direction, a bearing in the.. frame,with which said rod engages andby`which it is locked, a reciproeating bolt and a locking-piece therefor, and 'a bearing in the bolt, the parte so arranged, :substantially as described, that the locking- -R to shift the, rod from its looked position into engagement with the bearing in the bolt,

breech, asset forth..l Y

3. in a breeehdoading firearm', ai springrod extending from the bott of the gun,' projeetion in the frame, in combination with a reciprocating bolt and a shoulder, -as c, therein, 'and a lockinggpieoe which 'by its unloeki ng the rod into engagement wi th the bolt'.

. 4. Ina breech-loading fire-arm, a hammer having a notch .by which the near engagea it to holdsaid hammer ina cooked position, in combination with an auxiliary catch, as S, arranged to project between the hammer and Sear-point to obtain and hold engagement between the haanner and scar, and mea-ne, substantially as specified, to retire said catch and thereby break the engagement between the hammer and scar by the movement of looking the breech.

a hammer; having xed notch therein, by @which the' Sear engages it to hold said hammer in a cooked position, in combination with an auxiliary catch, S, between the hammer and scar-point .to hold them in engagement, substantially as described, and'a locking-piece arranged to throw the catch out of enga-gement' in the movement ot' llocking thehreech.

6, Lin a brecclrloading fire-arm, a Sliding breech to operate it, in combination with a trigger pivoted in the handie, with movement innependent ofthe locking piece or catch, and a after having moved to iire the 'gun and re lease it by the continued pnllingotlthc trigger'.

7. 'In a inagnzinegnn, the standard F, provided.- with grooves, as z" i', attached to the side oi' the frame, and having the arm Fat nearlya detachable eartridgocase, M, provided with flanges to enter the grooves of the lstandard to attach said case thereto.

vided with grooves, as si, pivotcd to the side ot the frame, and the arm F', iixed to said Standard at nearly a right angle thereto, in combination with a frame having a side opening, and a lever, as L, to l'orcc the cartridges through Saidepening', and means, substantially andecoribed, tohold thcstandard in a '.crticai l or horizontal position.-

piece during its movement-engages the rodvided with va hook, ash, to 'engage'axed prov Amoi/'ement dieengages the hook h andthrows.

. iin abrecchdoading tiro-arm, a near and' handle .having Suitable connection with the.

:snoringlockingpiece toloek said handle, 'and a..

shoulder thereon to engage the locking-catch right angle thereto, in combination .with al S. lin a magazine-gun, the standard F, prowhereby the rod assiste in the openingl of the IOO 9. Ine breech-loading fire-arma catch in the frame and asliding handle having suitable connection with the breech mechanism to operate the same, and a movable locking-piece with 5 an operating projection carried bythe handle, said movable piece and catch having engagement by a slightlyoverhanging hook, in combination, substantially es described, whereby the rccoilof the firm inring loosens the hook l1o by a slight yield oi' the parts for ready disci gagement by pressure on the operating projeetion, substnntiellyas described.

10. In n breech #loading gun, s movable` breech, a reciprocating rod, and n spring pressr 5 ing said rod in one directionstop in the frame,

.mechanism in position to vengage the rod Iand ANDREW IB'ITRGESS.

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RUirUs S. lioKETT, CHARLES B. FooTia,4 

